title: Antibiotic resistance among coliform bacteria isolated from carcasses of commercially slaughtered chickens.
abstract: A total of 322 coliform bacteria Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Klebsiella spp. and Serratia spp., were isolated from 50 carcasses of commercially slaughtered chickens. Their resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, cephalotine, cotrimoxazole, nalidixic acid and nitrofurantoin, were determined. The most commonly found resistance was to tetracycline followed by cephalotine, cotrimoxazole and nalidixic acid. A large percentage of E. coli (41%) and Klebsiella spp. (38%) showed multiple antibiotic resistance.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia Agraria e Tecnica, Università di Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Turtura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghazvinizadeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000187:drug effects; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000187:drug effects; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000187:drug effects; D008460:Meat; D012705:Serratia / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents